Music...

Cant live without it. Nope, sure cant. Its such a mood changer. After a very long very long week, I sat down tonight and put on the ipod. Jimmy Buffet was my mood lifter. Oh, there are others. Many many others ....thank you Garth Brooks, John Cougar, Dixie Chicks....well the list is endless. Makes ya wanna get up and dance....or sing really badly at the top of your lungs!!

Which reminded me of a summer story....on our way to the lake, belting out tunes, C decided to take on an old classic. "Cat scratch Fever" by Ted Nugent....he decided he heard the lyrics "cant scratch beavers".

HAHAHAHAHA....missing the lake and our lake buddies now....back to the tunes!!
good night yall

One Happy little man

After the final rose ceremony, he made it!! He is super excited to be on the AA Tier 1 team. (And well, he has some proud parents as well)

Its going to be his toughest year yet, but should be a lot of fun. A lot of bus rides and hotel rooms. And, cant forget the fundraising, canteen shifts and bingos!!

You can see his schedule here...

http://www.battlefordsminorhockey.ca/team.aspx?lgid=0&did=1389&tid=13349&sid=460&p=schedule

On the road again....just cant wait to get on the road again....

Hang on! Tis the season...

The cast is off! (Well, the cast was yanked off the night before it was supposed to, cause they couldnt get it to fit in his hockey glove....but we wont talk about that!) X-rays came back good, healed properly and tryouts were a success. He has made the first two rounds of cuts. Practise weds, where I believe a few more cuts will be made. He is pretty excited and nervous at the same time.

So, now that they are both in full swing, our week is full of cross country practise, soccer game, two football games, a Terry Fox walk, two picture days, two different cross country meets (one in Biggar and one in Spiritwood)...then hockey tryouts for the youngin'

Is it any wonder why the vino flows?

Baseball season

This year, both boys decided to play provincial ball. The beginning of the season was full of rain outs - especially for the younger boys.

Towards the end of the season, the weather was great and we saw them both improve a ton. Got to see the city grandparents a few times as there were more tournaments there.

Scratching off the bucket list!!!

After months of exhaustive searching C-man and I have found a guitar teacher!! He is apparently willing to teach us both. (he hasnt met us yet!)

I am so excited!! C is too. He says he is going to "kick butt" and then dad will have to buy him an electric guitar after that!

I am more of the thought process of - lets get through the first month and see how it goes!!

Wish us luck....there could be carols at xmas and songs around the campfire!!

Summer lovin'

I took a lot of pics at the lake this year, and these are just a few. I am sure there will be more dug up as I go....but for now here are a couple....

My boys love their cousins!

1st ever....

So, here it is. The first ever cast for Retzky. As far as breaks go, it really wasnt that bad. Initially I wasnt planning on even taking him in. It happened at school playing football and I wasnt called. Usually if its a scratch, I get a call a work to come pick him up. He made it home at the end of the day. In a bit of pain, but mostly swollen. It took him about 20 minutes to finally convince me to take him.

After a nice wait in the ER. (man i feel bad for those workers...it was a madhouse!) We got an x-ray. Shows a break in the pinky finger and originally thought we would just splint it. Once we got in there, though, the gentleman told us that it was a "hair" away from the growth plate near his knuckle. (?)

If it got bumped, or pushed....we could have been gone to the city for surgery....hence, the cast.

He thought he was pretty cool the first day, but now all he is worried about is hockey tryouts next week.....we will see what happens. Appt on the 23rd to revisit the cast...keep your fingers crossed!!

I will post pics of the cast tomorrow,

Nope, the cast is not from this. I'm sure it will cause some broken bones. Thanks Uncle Mur. It sure looks good in our garage....and as soon as the kids arent looking, it will be returned to yours!! lol

finally!! x2

I had a blast watching them try new things!!

Finally!!

Ok, the tube still comes out in poor conditions, and its still fun....but at least this year,

There was skiing .....

and Wakeboarding!!

Beautiful day for a kayak....

Even had my beautiful nieces come for a quick visit. Its great to see them as we dont get to see them as often as we would like to.

Best line of the day..."So, this is what you do when your boat runs out of gas?"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Summer Fun

aaahhhh...manual labour?? where is the quad??

YAY!! A new toy to drive...everyone takes their turn...

Thats the game face. Its on, like donkey kong!!

Theres the quad...but how did Retzky get on it before me???

Summer Storms

Just a few pics from the downed trees of 2011 crazy wind storms. Thankfully we werent there to witness this one, but unfortunately there were lots of friends and family that were there.

I dont know how they escaped with no injuries and very little damage....but they did. The beautiful hot weather, kept the skies busy at night. They called this one a plow wind....but not sure. There were about 14 or so trees on out lot that came down. The moms kept the kids entertained with no power for 24+ hours and managed to keep their cool. Brave women!!

There was more than one storm that hit this summer-winds, hail and crazy skies - but we managed through it.

With the help of our INCREDIBLY WONDERFUL neighbors - they helped us get the trees down to safety and now more work to be done. There is at least one of the pictures that they were thinking "ok, quick, cut and run!!"

Freakin hot out there!!

WOW. Amazing summer weather. Too bad we are FULL on into FALL activities to fully enjoy it!! But DH and his bro did.

I bet you cant guess what they did....c'mon....I dare ya!!

They took full advantage of the 33 degrees and SHINGLED the freakin cabin!! Pretty sure they lost about 30 pounds each....drank every last drop of liquid (even the non alcoholic type!!) and got it done.

I dont have pictures yet....have barely been able to talk about it. Pretty sensitive.

Dont get me wrong, there is still work to be done. (like taking the shingles to the dump, lots of tree splitting) So, if you thought you missed out.....you didnt!!

Now, he is off to the rink for hockey. Cool down mode. I'm making ice for a different kind of cool down.

few more pics from the wedding

Family wedding

Here are a few pics from a fun family wedding earlier this summer. Great looking couple and a ton of fun. Our kids had a blast. Even C-man who fell asleep on my lap for the last two hours of the evening!! Unfortunately didnt get many pictures of the bride and groom (kids were testing out their photography skills) So, you will have to take my word for it. Possibly the best looking wedding crowd we have seen. Definitely one of the most stylish...

There is more fun in store ....

Baby Steps

I just couldnt do it.

I couldnt say goodbye. Instead, I have been refreshed and rejuvenated.

Pictures and summer stories to follow after the long weekend....!!!